Sunshine . Ice Cream . Flowers....
Can you believe this weather??!! It's been shocking but what's worse is that it rained pretty much the whole school holidays so my plans of lovely autumny-throwing-leaves-in-the-air photos went completely out the window *blah* However, it did decide to stop raining on Sunday and was actually a very beautiful sunny day so we took the girls and headed in to town for some sun, ice cream, sand, walking, playing, more walking, more playing, rolling down hills, more walking, oh and more playing, lol! And of course my extra appendage (aka: my camera) came along:
Freckles galore!
Isn't the excitement just over-whelming?? :-D
MMMMmmmmmm! It was THE best ice cream, yummy!
She's determined, that's for sure!
Awwww, pretty girl! :-)
Again with the leaf???!!!!
Jas thought it was HILARIOUS to swing and try and kick my camera! Maybe she's trying to tell me something??!! Naahhh! LOL!
And a couple of Shae-Bean at home:
She loves playing aeroplane!
So clever, pulling herself up to standing position now! *sigh*
And don't forget:
Limited Edition Weekday Sessions
It's not often that I'm able to offer weekday sessions but I'll have a babysitter (aka: The Hubby, lol!) around for a week or so and thought I would take the opportunity to offer a few "Limited Edition Weekday Sessions". The days available are:
April - 30th
May - 6th & 7th
Limited Edition Weekday Session Fee | $75
Up to 4 people ($20 per person thereafter). Includes an 8x12 mounted portrait. Newcastle, Central Coast and Hunter Valley area's only.
For more information or to book a Session email: krisleighphoto@gmail.com or ph: 0404 523 274!
XOX
Limited Edition Weekday Sessions....
It's not often that I'm able to offer weekday sessions but I'll have a babysitter (aka: The Hubby, lol!) around for a week or so and thought I would take the opportunity to offer a few "Limited Edition Weekday Sessions". The days available are:
April - 28th, 29th & 30th
May - 5th, 6th & 7th
Limited Edition Weekday Session Fee | $75
Up to 4 people ($20 per person thereafter). Includes an 8x12 mounted portrait. Newcastle, Central Coast and Hunter Valley area's only.
For more information or to book a Session email: krisleighphoto@gmail.com or ph: 0404 523 274!
And lastly, thank you for your thoughts and condolences regarding my second Mum's passing! I'm still a little shocked and am sad that I won't be able to attend her funeral but am hoping that this rain will clear up before the weekend so I can take the girls out for a memorial shoot!
XOX
Childhood....
When I was a kid, I had a second family! Sharon was my second Mum and lived up from us in a block of flats. I practically lived with her and her kids, Mandy and Jamieson! Since I was an only child up until I was 9yrs old, Mandy was my little Sister and Jamieson was a brother. When they moved out of the flats, I still went and stayed with them all the time. Sharon was quirky and funny and just Sharon! She would say I should be a giggle doll because I would giggle the whole time I was with them, lol! Our lives went on, she had another little girl Emma, we moved out of the flats and Sharon and family moved to Darwin.
We lost contact for a while but she was always my second Mum. You know the family friends who are just always there, even when they aren't??? Jamieson and I would always see each other. Sometimes a year, 2yrs would go by but then we would run into each other or a call would come out of the blue and it was like that time never even went by. Jamieson started a family and we kept in contact with each other more often. When I got married Sharon and Mandy (and Jamieson and his little brood) had to be there and it was great seeing them again. So life went on again, Sharon would send down presents for Taylah and we would chat about once a year. She came for a visit when Jassy was about 6wks old and we talked and talked and talked. After that though, we sort of lost track of each other. I would ask Jamieson how she was and she was always good but I never picked up the phone myself. I'm really bad for that, I spend the day thinking, I should call, I should call and just never pick up the phone! I need to learn to just pick up the phone!
So we had a visit from Jamieson last night, he tried converting us to country music. He swears that if we spent the day with him listening to "his" music that we would fall in love with it, lol! Mark and him had quite a few drinks, he left for home this morning and we had breakfast, got dressed and went to the shops. Then I got the phone call that I never thought I would get, it was Jamieson and he was telling me that "Mum" (Sharon) had been in a fatal car accident last night! I didn't understand, I thought it was a joke! I knew he would never joke like that and he didn't sound like he was joking but it must be a bad, bad joke! Unfortunately, no, it wasn't! My second Mum is gone and now I feel like a part of my childhood is gone. She was such a figment of fun and laughter from my childhood and she was always there, was always going to be there. Even if we never spoke again, she was just always there!
I know the memories will always linger but its hard to think that I will never chat with her again or she will never get to meet Shae! I will never laugh with her again!
Thanx for letting me get that out guys! We will be back to our regular programming soon!
XOX
Another Post Already....
I know, I know *blah blah blah blah blah* at least that's what I usually hear when I start talking too myself, lol, so I'm not going to bore you with more ramble I'm just going to share some pics :-D *Then I'm going to wake hubby who is snoring on the lounge and drag him to bed because yet again I am posting at a ridiculous hour and I told him I wasn't going to be long! Shhhh, don't tell!* :-D
Ok, I can't help myself, I watched Coyote Ugly for the first time in ages and now I have LeAnn Rimes going in my head "Baby your the right kind of wrong", "Lovin you, isn't really something I should do" and on and on and on! Don't get me wrong I LOVE that song (sad I know!) but come on, enough is enough already! X-S
And just to leave you with something completely random, I have a new obsession with Smarties! I think I'm addicted *blush again*.
I call this one "Cotton Candy"! Isn't she just the sweetest :-)
Teething and still looking oh-so-cute! She has 2 bottom teeth through now!
Dream big Princess! That's what we always tell her!
XOX
Modern Day Cinderella....
My Taylah girl is indeed a modern day cinderella with some very drama queen traits thrown in so you can imagine how fun it is on a day-to-day basis, lol! Anyway, I love shoe shopping and stumbled upon these beauties at Rivers and as soon as I seen them I squealed with glee and *knew* they were perfectly hers in everyway! Not made of glass but I'm convinced that if Cinderella lived in the 21st century these would be her glass slippers :-D
Not sure if I've told you before but I am madly in love with B&W! I truly think that nothing beats an amazing B&W image and love to play around with loads of different conversions/actions to get the very best B&W's for each individual image. So I was recently asked "what B&W actions I use?" and thought that since I get asked quite a bit and I do really love to share my little treasures, I would answer it here:
I am not ashamed to say that I do use actions :-O but I always tweak/mix/blend to suit each image. I also do play with my own conversions by using gradient map, levels, curves and different tones but my very favourite B&W actions and the ones I use most are: Wynona's and Amanda's. You really can't go wrong with either and they are both not only amazing photographers who I adore but beautiful people too!
Oh, before I share a few pics from the other day, I have to brag a little :-D. Taylah had a Fun Run at school today and was so excited that she wore her runners all Tuesday afternoon and put them on first thing when she woke up this morning, along with that she asked about a millions times "Mum/Dad, do you like my new runners???" while modeling her shoes continuously, lol! So we picked her up from school and she ran 30 laps (30 laps people!) and came second! Yay! Go Taylah, go Taylah! :-D
Onto the pics:
XOX
